Apptio CTO lands at Humu; Madrona hired an investor; Skilljar adds exec – GeekWire

– Silicon Valley staffing startup Humu has hired former Apptio CTO Scott Chancellor as CEO.

Chancellor spent three years at Seattle-area enterprise software giant Aptio, where he was chief product officer. Aptio was launched in 2010. It went private in 2019 in a nearly $2 billion deal with Vista Equity Partners.

Chancellor also spent time at Amazon Web Services and Hewlett-Packard.

In the year Founded in 2017, Humu raised a $60 million Series C round in January. The company’s software provides personalized training to help employees develop skills and behaviors.

Other key personnel operating in the Pacific Northwest technology industry include:

– Seattle Tech Ex Zoltan SzabadiHe joins Waterloo-based In-House Mapping, having previously led Amazon Web Services and Google. Mapdin As a partnership vice president.

– Seattle VC company Madrona Venture Group He was hired Joe HorsmanBerroche, former head of business development, as its new investor to focus on early-stage investments in life sciences.

– Seattle customer training platform Skilljar He was hired Pat HoyFormer Sales Executive at ON24 and BetterUp, Vice President of Sales.

– Seattle Space Travel Company Space flight He hired a former Amazon HR leader and US Army vet Nick Glenn As vice president of human resources.